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End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... valuations, pose a serious risk to investors when QE is finally tapered. "There can be no question that a big change in monetary policy, like the withdrawal of QE will have huge implications for global markets, not least because all the money sloshing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... cent, to 4,805.0 points. NEW YORK - US stocks surged a day before the Federal Reserve begins meeting to review monetary policy, with expectations mounting that it will make no sharp changes to its economic stimulus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on ...

Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... so easily extrapolated suggestions of an earlier than expected tapering of stimulus to outright tightening of monetary policy. For this is the only reason - tighter policy -- I could discern from the reversal in the financial markets' fortunes that we've ...

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... bond and equity markets are bearing the brunt of speculation that the US Federal Reserve would start reducing its monetary policy stimulation sooner rather than later. The prospect of reduced money printing by the US central bank sent the yield on 10-year ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... as easy for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) though. It's in the midst of deliberations on the appropriate monetary policy setting for this country ruled by Gillard and Swan. All will be revealed at 230 PM (AEST time, of course) but market betting ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... markets still need convincing that the Fed taper equal strong, sustainable economic growth and more normalised monetary policy is hip, hipper. No worries, be happy...they'll slowly come round to that. What would trigger buy ops otherwise? Anyways...has ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... member Joerg Asmussen made sure his message was not misunderstood lest punters take their selling to Europe. "Our monetary policy is expansive and will remain so as long as necessary. But to keep rates low for too long would create new risks." It worked! ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed in rollercoaster trade after routs sparked in part by fears of tighter US monetary policy. Tokyo ended higher a day after suffering its worst drop since the March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. Regional markets swung ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... after a choppy day of trading as the market weighed exit signals on the Federal Reserve's exceptionally loose monetary policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 80.41 (0.52 per cent) to 15,307.17. The broad-based S&P 500 gave up 13.81 (0.83 per ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... Bernanke already change the definition of Fedspeak to mean clarity of Fed communication of the Fed's intention on monetary policy a long time ago? The original meaning (according to Wikipedia) is that "the term Fedspeak (also known as Greenspeak) is ...